John Gilbert, the overall male 5k winner, approaches the finish line during the 35th annual News-Messenger Camelback race on Saturday, June 15, 2013.

Written by

Kevin Shields
Sports writer

Those were the sentiments of Perrysburg's Matt Folk who had every intention of making the first Camelback 10K run in over a decade, a record-breaking event in its return to Park Avenue for the first time since 2000. Folk had his sights on Pat Logue's 30-year old course record of 30:47.8, which the Sandusky native set in 1983.

But after keeping the pace needed to challenge Logue's mark for the first two miles, Folk realized he'd have to just settle for his fifth straight Camelback victory, as he came across the tape with a winning time of 31:24.1 - 7.4 seconds ahead of Second ...